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    Article review Name Institutional affiliation According to Blumenthal-Barby, et al. (2013), patient decision aids are intended to assist the patients to make decisions about health care. These aids are designed to be neutral, non-directive, and unbiased. However, the authors argue that this should not always be the goal of such patient aids. They identify three specific areas where this balance may not be the best alternative. These situations include early stages of prostate cancer

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    attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: Effects of a health education intervention on two nursing groups in Cairo University, Egypt Eman Taher and Rehab Abdelhai* Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. Accepted 3 April, 2011 Information education and communication (IEC) programs are the most effective available approaches for combating the HIV pandemic especially among nurses. The aim of this study is to assess knowledge, perceptions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS before and after

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    1. Can he refuse to assist in this procedure? The dental assistant cannot refuse to assist in this procedure. Besides it being unethical to refuse helping this patient solely because he has AIDS it is also illegal (Anderson, 2009). Dental assistants are bound by a code of professional conduct, adopted in August 2007 by the Dental Assistants National Board. Justice and fairness is one of the codes of conduct. This states the dental assistant has a duty to treat people fairly, behaving in a manner

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    people believe strongly that the only way to save a terminally ill person from undue suffering, is to help them die. However, the idea of patient aid-in-dying is a very controversial topic. With this practice, doctors can help their terminally ill patients end their lives, if the patient has made the decision that they can no longer endure the pain they face. Patient aid-in-dying, or PAD for short, first started to be used avidly in 1980 when the group, World Federation of Right to Die Societies, was formed

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    Patient Assistance Programs for People Living with HIV/AIDS According to the American Psychological Association a person’s socioeconomic status is measured by a combination of education, income, and occupation. The problem for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is their socioeconomic status affecting their quality of life (QOL). According to World Health Organization QOL is defined as a person’s views of their positions in life corresponding to the framework of their culture and values in which

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    Growing public acceptance of HIV/Aids patients: Amy Khor PUBLISHED DEC 2, 2015 ON THE STRAITS TIMES (http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/growing-public-acceptance-of-hivaids-patients-amy-khor) In the article “Growing public acceptance of HIV/Aids patients”, the author, Salma Khalik, reports on an increasing acceptance of people diagnosed with HIV/Aids in Singapore yet, the stigma and discrimination that surrounds these patients still persists. Even though HIV awareness here is greater than

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    how health psychology can aid nurses in caring for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It will look at how stigma can impact on the behaviour of patients with HIV as well as explain causes for non adherence. Health psychology studies thoughts, emotions and behaviours related to health and illness. It uses a biopsychosocial approach which considers all aspects of a person's life. Health psychology allows nurses to have a better understanding of how patients perceive health, what influences

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    Rupinder Sekhon Development of Resistance to Antifungal agents in candidiasis Introduction Candidiasis is a concern for patients with HIV/AIDS globally. The Literature data point out that this opportunistic pathogen is the leading cause of superficial and disseminated fungal infections in humans. 96% mycoses infection are caused by the Candida species1,2,3. In a healthy person, the Candida colonies that exist are mainly on mucosal surfaces of the oral

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    Improving patient decision-making through decision aids and a shared decision-making model. Introduction Patients face numerous difficulties when making health related decisions. When a physician presents patients with a number of treatment strategies, patients method of decision analysis is not compatible with the rational expected utility maximisation model; they do not have full access to all the relevant information or skills to make a truly informed decision; they do not have the computational

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    drink and to aid patients to hold a cup and assist moving their hand to mouth if they have co-ordination difficulties (Coleman, 2009). Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) Pivi et al. (2011) aimed to find out if the use of ONS would influence the nutritional status of patients with AD. They found that the experimental group that had taken the ONS had a significant increase in weight, body mass index (BMI), arm circumference and arm muscle circumference compared to the control and educational group

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